Chapter 266: Divine Intervention
“Hero! Your companions’ ritual to bypass your Class Skill cooldown is almost complete, but that Dragon could appear at any time. Just stay here where you’ll be protected until the ritual is activated.”
Reivyn stood in place as the battlefield seemed to come to life. As soon as everyone was in their proper position, the scenario kicked off as if they hadn’t just been standing around like statues. The man Reivyn pegged as the commander was the one to address him.
Reivyn didn’t know if he was expected to actually interact with these shadow-people or not, so he just nodded his head and stayed silent. The shadow-people didn’t try to talk to him any further, though, so he just waited and watched.
The mention of a ritual to bypass a Class Skill cooldown intrigued Reivyn. What kind of a Class Skill would have such a long cooldown to require such a ritual, and what kind of ritual would affect someone else’s cooldown. There was some circular reasoning afoot, but it apparently was a thing.
He looked over to where he had seen the supposed Hero’s Companions. They were standing close together, and they all appeared to be concentrating on something. They were outside of Reivyn’s Divine Sense range, so he had to use his mundane Perception to observe them. He activated his Eagle Eye to zoom his focus in on them.
Are they… praying? He thought
The Companions were huddled up together, and they were standing with their hands clasped and heads bowed. There was a particular sort of energy glowing about them that was hard to see. It was like trying to catch something out of the corner of his eye. If he focused on it directly, it disappeared.
It wasn’t Mana. Or if it was, it wasn’t any kind he had seen before. It wasn’t made up of motes or even woven together in weaves. It was an ethereal, golden glow that he could barely perceive when he watched out of the corner of his eye.
What is that? It’s not Mana, Stamina, or Qi…